Orangeburg news and times. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, June 19, 1875, Image 2
Slate News.
The Catholic Church of A ikon,
which was destroyed by the March
tornado, is shortly to be rebuilt.
The wife of Prince Howcll, colored
of Suinter gave birth, a few nights
ago, to thrco children, all alive.
'Mr. ?7. W. Simpson, of Laurens, an
ex-clerk of the court, died at his resi
dence in that county on the IOth
inst.
The. steeple of Uic Baptist Church
at Walhalla was struck by lightning
one day last week, and slightly injur
ed.
The Greenville papers are ngain
agitating the expediency of building
tho Greenville and Cumberland Gap
Kstlroad.
A hail ?tor.n in Darlington County
on the* 6th iust. A hail storm severely
damaged the crops in the P'llnietto
section.
The crops in Fairficld County are
generally reported good. Large crops
of wheat, and oats were planted, and
the yield is elegant.
The Port Royal and Savannah and
Charleston Railroad owe Beaufort
County $8,871.31 for taxes for the
past and present fiscal years.
The Manning Baptist Church has
reecLtly been presented with a hand
some organ by one of its most effi
cient, devout nod zealous members.
With a population of25,000 inhabi
tants, Greenville County has sent to
the Penitentiary since 1870only forty
one convicts?thirty-two negroes and
nine whites.
The largest Sunday school in Aikcn
County is that of Town Creel" Baptist
Church. The number of regular at
tending scholars exceeds one hundred
and twenty-five.
The Rev. Wiley Rottes, a Baptist
minister of Lancaster County, died
suddenly at [he residence ofhissbh-iri
law, on last Wednesday mornino; aged
about severity year.--.
The Lancaster Ledger learns that
numerous indictments will he given out
at the next term of the court against
those persons who have been buying
corn and cotton ::t night.
The remains of Kero Springs, a
colored man, who disappeared one
year ago, were found, a skeleton in
Beech creek, Suinter county, on the
5 th instant.
^^^^^Tta^nr^y^
raised to pay tho current expenses of
the present fiscal year.
Oil Saturday last, between 12 and
I o'clock, Leonidas McNcel, a while
man, was nhot in the yard of his resi
dence near ."Mr Conn el Is vi lie, in York I
County, by a negro named Fred, j
Jones.
? On Friday the l?th instant, a white
man, by the name of Richard Tuin
bleiop, of Colleton, w:is drowned
?while crossing Jackson bo ro ferry with
n fiat load of cattle. il.a hotly lias |
not ycl been found.
Col. ?Iantes MoGutchcri, of King-,
alree, ^ot bis gin house and steam mill
Kuril od up Iaat wool:, lie had also a
quantity of fencing and some turpen
tine boxris burned. The cu-m'e was a
.^*rk fr<Mii the origin*.
A child three yours of age, a son of
Patrick Porter, residing on Dean
Swamp, about, four miles from Aiken,
was killed on Saturday last by eating
c.-.net titrated lyc the previous evening.
W. W. Ward, ex-sheriff of Wil
liamsburg County, was tried last week
for official misconduct. The jury Ii
laden to ngrce upon a verdict?the I
first micfrial that has ever occurred in j
Will?sim?burg County.
Le? is Dent, colored; who was <?? :i- i
l
Tjctcd of the murdcrofBob llaicher,
at the May term of the Court of Gen? j
oral Sessions for Aiken County, lias !
been granted a hearing in the Supreme J
Court of the State.
Tho Barnwell-Biackvillo war still
rages. The clerk of court and county
commissioners have, moved to Black
vllie. The sheriff and county treasurer
still remain at Biirnwcll. "Why not
have two county scats ami peace ?
In view of the low state, of the county
finances, a* well as the small amount
of brisiitCKs for the court, Judge Malter
will be petitioned to dispense with the
Session Court lor Colleton County,
which is to meet on the 21st instant.
The grand jury of Williamsburg
County have presented Trial Justice
L. Jacobs, (the Daniel who issued a
warrant and tried a man recently for
assault, and btittciy com mi ted mi a
goose,) and Henry Kvaris; for ofHcial
misconduct.
Tho Wiiiiamsburg Republican asks
with pathetic, earnestness, "Does Un
cle Sam intend ihut railroad mono
polies, paid for transporting the mails,
shall carry them lor their own con
venience, or for the accommodation ol
tho public?" We pause, tl'c.
Tho Anderson Conservator says:
Tho harvest ?cnson has begun in ear
nest, and the yield in wheat promises
to hi almost equal to that of last year.
The oat and.other crops will fall short.
The clover crop, which has a*ready
been harvested, was very line.
Willie Ncls'.n, the grandson of Mr.
Lewis C'adeu, of Charleston, acciden
tal N shot himself with a double bar
rel shot gun'in Shoppard street, a few
door.} from Kutledge street. When he
wrs found the entire upper portion of
the head was blown U> atoms.
Lewis Dent, who committed mur
der upon another negro near Grnnite
villc some time ago, was tried at Aik
en this week, and the jury, composed
of eight negroes aud four white men,
brought in*a verdict, of wilful murder,
lie was immediately sentenced by
Judge Malier to bang on the ?th of
July".
issciaT kvKiiY satckoay moknixg by tjiis
OKAXCKUUna NKWH COMPANY.
THAI) C. AMIHIAVS. KditnrTJ
?.J. UKtU HOblVKH^f Itusiness MlitnigiVr.
"SATO it E> A V, Juno j j). 187^
In a NutrShell.
The News & Courier answers
"Scott's letter" in three words: "Uni
ted States Senate."
Where Are We Drifting?
When murderers, thieves, and con
victed foloi'.s, arc allowed to testify
and become willing wifness<s against
those who have, always borne a good
name, to screen themselves* from j
punishment, or a mitigation of that
punishment, and arc just ified and up
held by men professing the Christian
religion, to .satisfy, perhaps, prejudice
and a feeling ol' unhallowed enmity
or vengeance for some supposed
injury, we may well ask, where are we
drifting? "When a man can lie ar
raigned for siipp sed crime, his char
acter blasted, his family and children
disgraced and crushed to the earth,
all by the simple ?ay-ao of (a person
who has no moral perception ol' hon
or or integrity, ami who would just as
K?>on swear to a lie :istho^^^j||^j^k
ill n\f>wju> j.\* Jc vu "?n**eTinnseiJ irom
punishment, or to drag down with him
those who ho may have once had
association with, who, having found
out his venality have discarded him
from their friendship, or to vent his
spite, he becomes a willing witness to
testify to lies of the must damning
nature, well may we exclaim, Croat
God, whore will this thing end ?
Who is sail: ? Are we surrounded by
those who will swear to a lie not only
to screen themselves from the just
rigor of a violated law, but will for
ii few dollars, blast ones character, no
matter how pure? And have we
those in our midst, who, against their
own consciences, and a cert ?in know
ledge of theso facts, arc ready and
willing to lend a listening ear, ami j
tiyen aid, to assist in perpetrating such
a diabolical outrage? Wo pause for
a reply.
Let this thing continue a while
longer, and a whit* man's chance for
justice in this Stale will be like
liynm's potatoes "few and tar be
tween." We have an affidavit in our
possession now, the publication of
which would ruin a fine reputation,
and forever blast the good name and
character of a gentleman of 'hi?
county, who stands high in the esti
mation of Iiis friends and the public.
\\ c know it is a jic. But yet it is
sworn to before a Trial Justice, and
duly executed, by a person who, is
considered by the law to be a com
petent witness in any of our courts of
justice.
Joseph Crews, a Kcpicscniittivc
from Lnurens County in the lower
house of the General Assembly, is to
day within tin pale of n prison, on, no
doubt in our mind, the evidence of a
similar affidavit, while 0. O. Bowen,
the sheriff of Charleston County is up
on trial for bis lifo, on the bare affidavit
of a confessed murderer and villain.
Well may we ask, where are we
drifting ?
We don't, believe either of these
men, no matter what, their faults or
foibles nut}* be, guilty of what they
are, or noon will be, arraigned for, and
a vorilict of guilty by an incompetent
jury, a jury composed mostly oftlio.se
who have no moral perception of a
violated oath, will not make us be
lieve 1 hon) guilty either, for we have
conic to the conclusion, where there
is no moral perception, a lie will
be as pregnant as the truth, and an
oath violated with ease and impunity,
whenever necessity, enmity or gain
becomes the motor.
XIX 0KNT??Y.
A Hundred years ngo?and now.
TUE MYSTERIOUS MOTION.
a TUIP TO TJIK MOON, PERHAPS.
j ltKSUl.TB OF InTKU.KCI'UAIi and
Physical Laiiok.
Reader let us draw aside tho cur
tain which hangs between the past
and the present, a lid look back a
hundred years and roc the results of
. intellectual and physical labor, dur
ing tho time. One hundred years
i ngo, wine aud water were the only
elements of nature used in the service
; of man. Steam had not been yoked
to the wheel and bsver, sun painting
had not been suggested, electricity
was a hidden power, chemistry and
ghology were faintly developed, educa
tion was advancing slowly, shedding
its light only on the favored few.
Since the dawn of our liberty, science
has raised her torch :>n hign; The
sun, no longer a mere clock in the
heavens, yields its pencil to the artist;
electricity strikes with its lightning
tho most- resistant compound, and
they soften and 'low at its touch;
metals are plated without fire; the
telegraph girdles the earth with
flume; chemistry decomposes earth,
air and wat'-r, showing the nature of
minerals, of acids, of alkalies, of
gases, and how to use them in the
trades and arts; geology interprets the
history of the earth, which ia written
upon tables of.-Lone, botany classi
fied tho plants and flowers, and as
tronomy informs us regarding the
stars in the heavens. It numbers,
measures, weighs nod analyzes the
stars, atnl reveals the fact that the
centrifugal ami certripetal forces are
the team with which God drives on
the Universe in the star-paved track
of space forever. Science has made
the earth teem with vigorous vegeta
tion, it has made us familiar with the
circulation of the blood, it has taught
u3 how to ward off disease and pro
mote health and longevity. Itillumi
nntes work and shows us plainly that
the highest, and noblest tuskY, what
ever it may he, lifts ti the?oftiyst
[an<i_pwrc^^^ff hiV^' lotn2J4*triie^frna1
culture. \\Mi.on the old world looks
at the new, through the eyes ot its
rep resent a ti yes, it will see with aston
ished vision what miracles of mechan
ism have he n performed by the
youngest child in the family of na
tions.
N??w here comes a Mr. Keelcy, and
knocks the coiurous and weighty
Stettin engine with all its fixtures into
useless old iron. Hear what is said
of this new motive power:
Pmj.AnKi.riiiA, June 7.?"Within
thirty days you will see it train of
twenty Pullman cars drawn from
Philadelphia to .New York without
steam, electricityt hot air or any Other
known motive power."
The speaker's tone was one of pro
found conviction, and thcru were no
symptoms of insanity i? his face. I
had known him lor a long time as a
man who attended to his business,
paid his debts, was opposed to the
Third term, and gave other evidences
of sa ? ity.
"Well, what is to haul the train?"
I asked incredulously.
"The wonderful new motor," he
replied; "a little machine that needs
only a small (supply of water and air.
About a bucketful of wider will bo
enough to run i: to New York."
??And the fuel ?"
"There is no fuel?absolutely
nothing but the water, the air, and
tho little machine.
The inventor's name, is John \V.
Keelcy, and lie calls his invention the
I'lveelcy Motor." it is owned by a
stock company composed chiefly of
Now York and Philadelphia capi
talists, who have paid in v. working
capital of about $150,000 and hold
stock of ihe nominal par value of $1,
000,000. They value this stock at
fabulous prices. The original
sociales of Mr. Keelcy, who are all
members of the present company, arc
James S. Vainull, John Still/, ('has.
I>. Collier, J. W. Soli nek ers, hid Wil
liam Bockel, of iliis city, and Charles
IS. Till, of Mbrristown, N.J. The
apparatus that generates the power is
culled a "mulliplii-ator," and is com
posed of a number of iron chambers
of cylindrical form, connect** by pipes J
and fitted with certain eoc);s md val- t
yes. Tho machine upon whiok ex-peri- i
incuts have been conduct ?.J during
the past eight months is abotr. thirty- j
six inches high, tweiity-foiir 1 pig*, and
thirteen wide, and it.-, cylinders will i
hold about six gallons of wttei. A {
small brass pipe, with an orifice one- |
quarfor of tin inch in diauiettr, leads ;
from it to a strong wroiiglit-pin res- I
eryoii six inches in dianiUcr and
three feet long, where the pi wer is
stored, and whence it i- foil toil beam
I
engine through a still smaller pipe.
The process of generating the power
consists- in forcing air into tho upper
chamber of the multiplicator, and
ai'tcrwa"d letting water run in from a
hydrant until the receptacles arc hear*
ly filled. In tho experiments recently
made, the inventor has used his own
lungs for an air pump, blowing
through a tube for a few seconds, then
turning a cock to shut off the Mir, con
necting the tube with tbe hydrant and
opening the cock until .sufficient
water runs in. Within two minutes
after this operation is performed the
cocks on the tubes connecting tbe up-j
per with the lower cylinders arc turn
oil, and the power is ready for use. j
This little machine exerts through tbe j
small tube, one-eighth of an inch in
diameter, a pressure, varying from 'J,
()()() to 15,01)0 pounds to the sou re inch,
at the will of the operator. The powt?r
is accurately measured by a force
register. Wheu applied to tho engine
it runs as rapidly as it ispru -cut to
permit, the supply of power always
being kept below its full capacity.
Very thorough tests have been
made by those interested in probing
the mystery, t<? see if there was not
some trick of concealed chemical to
generate gas. The miiitiplicator has
been suspended from the rafters oft he
building and air blown through it.
aud it lots been Hooded repeatedly
with water to dissolve any chemical
compound it might holt! concodlcd. i
immediately alter these tests the now* j
er has been generated, Lust fall ah
elaborate scries (;f.experiments were]
conducted by (Miief'Ehginccr R?ther
ford, oi the United States Navy; J.
Snowdon Hell, a mechanical engineer:
Win. 1 Jockel, mechanician, and GhaS.
13. (Jollier, a lawyer of this city, and I
the results were, printed in a pnniph- j
let. for (ho private information of the j
stockholders. Beside the air and
water tests they examined the escape
from the valves, and found it to be a
"vaporic or gaseous production," w ith
out smell or taste, and with no ex
plosive or inflammable properties j
when exposed to a ilrtme. When a i
piece of muslin cloth was bold over
the escape on icicle of the shape Of a
thimble was rapidly formed; The
investigators also tasted the water
which bad boon used in the m?ltijilicil*
for, and discovered no unusual flavor
or odor, and took the machine to
pieces without Unding any rcsidiuin.
What, then, is tliis strange power,
capable of doing the work of steam
without heat? The inventor talks
about the multiplied power of hydrau
lic columns held in suspension, but
gives no further exph nation ul" the
manner by which a pros.-v.jre ol twenty
six pounds to the inch, which lue
Schily kill water has in tile hydrant,
is increased to 15,000 pounds by mere
ly passing through his iron cylinder.1?;
It is his secret, he says, anil b.c. will
revOal it as soon as his patents in thi??
or.njjj_rv and lv ?-i/oj.'.Uvod .t.v ?.-'uod. '
One (U* the principal owners of the in
vention accounts for tho range force
on the supposition that ibe machine
separates water into its ultimate atoms,
and changes their cohesive force into
one of strong repulsion. .It is a singu
lar peculiarity id' the foroc.that when
it i.- diminished much below a pics- j
sure of 1,200 Pounds to the square !
inch, it extinguishes itself, lading out j
and leaving no sign. Mr: lyeelcy is j
now engaged on a ivw and larger
mullipliciilor, the ]>.irts of which have
boon made in different machine shop8
to preserve the secret of its coiutruc
tion. It is almost ready for use.
Lot me add that the stock is not for
sale, and that, all the inventor asks of
the public is that it will let him alone
until In; conipltttcs the.new nuiliiplica
lor be is now making and is ready to
exhibit it.
And yet, the Zenith has not been
reached, the half has not been told;
the wonders of nature are lending to
science, however, miraculous concep
tion, oi wisdom, and the opening of tho
XXth century may inaugurate pack
et and passenger ships navigating the
air. When one here at nine, will de
cline an invitation to dine iti Now
York at two by reason of an engage
ment to nup with Sue. at her country
residence on the noon at eight.
We rise, sir, s past nine, and reach
New York at two, precisely. No
? langer, sir. Through in four and one
half hours, and you see gliding over
your head, a segnr shaped machine,
a huge pro|)ellcr with twenty or
thirty cars attached to it,all suspend*,
cd by balloons, and driven by t-ii/mr,
the new motive power.
S'I.'(.)CK 1 1 < >1,1>
Of the Orangebiug Agricultural and Me
cbanical As.-oriutiou are hereby notified
lhat there will be a meeting ot the Associa
tion on Thursday morning July 1st, next,
at 11 o'clock; for tho purpose of fi.\ing the
Number of Shares of Stock. A full mel t
ing is requeMed. Votes by proxy must be
in writing. Meeting will be held at the
Fair Building.
lit Order ol the Hoard of Directors.
MKK K0MN\SO?(
|une 10 'Jr Secivtarv and Treasurer.
For Sale.
.*. Sniig little 110USK and LOT in the
Town of Onuigebmg-~c;ui be treated for at
private rale until 1st Monday in July?will
i ben be olio red at public outcry, and sold to
the higluel bidder, IVopertj1 obliged to
be sold.
Apply !o
thai) r. AN7>iur\vs, a gl.
juriv 13 of
BEY GOODS ESTABLISHMENT?
3HE LARGEST. ASSORTMENT?and at
ways to maintain it in \)r\ Goods
llatj, Clothing, Shoes, Ac.
THfc MOST 1 AS UI ON ABL XT Y L KS?
V.'hilii we will ahvayn huva
"plain and medium Stylen" for
those who prefer thehi, y.;t w?
will aim to he up with tile hiffh~
oat fashion with a large portion
of our dloclc.
The I ?OlVOSt l^l'ioes?None can
buy goods Cheaper than tltia
House. None w a tell the l>n-i n o.--*
eloper. None do a*'large a hu-i
ne-s in our line. How ran anv
one then sell an cheap? \Ve coiir
fidentl? believe our Price* ?r?/
re.tllv Lower than anv whvr?
else."
Tin.? YS.ir At t eriioii?Our Skit**
men will not hurry a ciotoiiur
. 1_. i.lions.' H^IK^h^gWtn^nWi^rWt1 ~
>uit, ami tliiniak'e an exi'hniiuo
aece**ary*; neither will wV r<cll an
article tl at when examined at
home will prove unK?isfuctory.
ITiVrtTlOV-^ur New Brich Kdaldixli
Ibhtmmt and Show* rooms i- a
model 01" con venu nee :;:.d c-ni
fori, beiitjg pronounced by every
Ijixjy to Ijc the Largest (if it* lind
in ihts Statu. W? ihi?t e<?rdially
invite a generous puldic Ii? pars
judgment on our ta.-te and rkilk
hy a person a I inspection'of ihe
prumi'ca and Mock Our Iii. min
f.\r und iie.tr are fi-wirvd that
Everything that patient drt^rm
ined effort can do will a I Way t b.r
don.-: to keep our ?oiUe at lllo
head of :he trade.
Lois of NKVV STYLES in
.UMME
FOR
Ladies,
SvJecial iN"otice.?A new lot of the Celebrated DIAMOND Per
K1 feet fit SHIRTS arrived
SHOES.
T. KOUN it BROTHER.
T. KOIIN & BROTHER.
T. KOH.N & BROTHER.